B0 Magnetic Field Conditions in the Human Heart at 3 T Across One Thousand Subjects: A Numerical Simulation Study

• Published in: NMR in biomedicine Vol. 38; no. 3; pp. e70006 - n/a
• Main Authors: Shang, Yun, Theilenberg, Sebastian, Peng, Boyu, Schreiber, Laura M., Einstein, Andrew J., Jambawalikar, Sachin R., Juchem, Christoph
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 01.03.2025
• Subjects: B0 magnetic field; B0 shimming; B0 simulation; cardiovascular MRI; dark band artifacts; dynamic shimming; population analysis; SSFP

ABSTRACT Functional scans in cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) adopting bSSFP sequences suffer from dark band artifacts due to B0 inhomogeneity. The best remedy to mitigate this issue is through cardiac B0 shimming. The development of an optimal B0 shim strategy for the human heart is hindered...